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May 24, 2008

Adventures In Babywearing While Pregnant

Yes, she's still doing it.

While it's rare for me to wear Gray anymore, I still find the occasional occasion that merits it necessary. Out shopping downtown the other day, even an itty bitty stroller wouldn't work in & out of the small shops I had to go to. And I wasn't even going to consider just letting Gray walk and hold his hand. Too many things to touch and see and, uh, he'd have to let me hold his hand. So I dug through my pile of slings and carriers for my mei tai (figured I better do a back carry) and we were on our way. I'd say that within 35 seconds of getting him on my back, he was asleep. The magic of babywearing. I can't explain it, but it is mine and Gray's "thing" and I love it.

And while I was digging through my carriers I thought I better get around to writing about all my slings, so how about this Tuesday, if you'd like to play along, we'll post pictures of all our slings or our favorite ones and I'll have a linky up so you can link here, too. I get lots of emails about which carrier is best for a baby, a big baby, a toddler, and so forth. I have my favorites, but I'd love to hear your suggestions as well. So take some babywearing pics and spread the love! In the photo above I am 5 months pregnant even though at that angle it doesn't really look like much belly is there. But trust me. It's there.

24 comments:

awe what a sweet photo. is that the freehand mt?i rarely wear taite now but he comes running when a sling comes out. its special to us 2.

i would take of my stash but half of my carriers are on loan.

I loaned out my ergo to a pastors wife this week .. she needed it for a wedding she was going to be photographing at... and had to have her 10 mo old some places... better on the back than in a stroller :-) especially while handling a camera!

my bundleboo is on loanmy patapum is on loanmy moby is on loanmy solarveil slingmy slingcarrier slingand i think thats it.

oh! and my babyhawk.

but ill get that back soon as well as the solarveil.

its so nice to have the extra carriers to bless someone else with :-)

I still have my kozy mt, kim kreation sling, browden handcrafted sling, signature bundleboo, sleepywrap, mobyd, home made scandi mei tai, home made napscak mei tai, and bbo mei tai.i guess i got a few to photograph.. i may! if i get time :-) love the pic of u and gray!!

So sweet! My little guy never sleeps while being carried. In the past couple days, I have seen three babywearing mamas out and about in our area. Two pouchs and a beautiful mei tai. Brent said, "it's trendy." I said "that's good!"

awww, babywearing IS magic! it works for us everytime. i can take my sleeping one year old from his carseat and put him on my back in a soft structured carrier or mei tai and he will just sleep right through it :)

I would so love to see everyone's carriers and share mine...though, if everyone is like the first commenter I feel woefully inadequate. I have two ring slings, a mei tai I made myself, and a pouch I made myself. I'd LOVE more but they're expensive! :)

And I wish my little one would sleep in her mei tai...I don't know what it is but she'll get right to the edge of sleep but not actually fall asleep. Maybe the next one...

(p.s. when i am pregnant next, can i totally steal your idea of the big brother shirt? except it'd be sister for us...)

I depended on my Ergo for the trans-Atlantic flight - 33 weeks pregnant with an 19 mo old. I had to haul luggage and her on my back, and let me tell you, she was a great counter-pressure to my ever-expanding belly.

(But I'm not complaining to have our newest little one out and about...)